Far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing criticism after some conspiratorial comments during the aftermath of Hurricane Helen that appeared to suggest she believed the U.S. government could control the weather. .
the U.S. congressman from Georgia wrote in a post shared with his 1.2 million X followers last week. It would be foolish for anyone to lie and say it is impossible. ”
Greene did not specify who she was referring to, but she has a history of promoting conspiracy theories about the federal government and other entities.
She seemed to double down on those comments in a post on Saturday, sharing a clip from a 2013 CBS News broadcast about an experimental effort to use lasers to induce rain and lightning. “Nine years ago, CBS was telling a story about lasers controlling the weather,” Green wrote, but apparently got the year wrong.
Greene, no stranger to misinformation, once raising the idea that Jewish space lasers were behind wildfires, faced a wave of criticism for her blatant falsehoods. .
The top U.S. government disaster relief official on Sunday denounced false claims about Helen and her relief efforts, saying such conspiracy theories, including those made by Donald Trump as he seeks a second term, need support. It is causing fear among people who want to protect themselves and is “demoralizing.” ” workers offering assistance.
“That’s frankly ridiculous and just plain wrong. This kind of rhetoric doesn’t help people,” said DeAnne Criswell, who heads the Federal Emergency Management Agency. “It’s really unfortunate that we’re putting politics ahead of helping people, and that’s what we need to do here.”
Sean Harris, Greene’s candidate for Congress, condemned the incumbent’s comments.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s conspiracy theories are disgusting, but she’s doing them to distract from her failed efforts to block critical funding to Fema as Hurricane Helen makes landfall. ” Harris wrote in a post to X.
Ryan Maue, a meteorologist and popular internet personality, appears to be mocking Greene’s comments while fact-checking her false claims.
He suggested in X that some of the conspiracy theories turned out to be true, but added:
“I would know too.”
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina also appeared to denounce conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helen in an email to supporters, although he did not specify the right-wing origins of the theories.
“The destruction caused by Helen is incomprehensible, leaving many communities in Western North Carolina in a state of complete devastation. The last thing Helen’s victims need now is to undermine response efforts. political posturing, accusations, and conspiracy theories,” the email said.
North Carolina’s Charlotte Observer newspaper, in an editorial written by its editorial board on Saturday, criticized President Trump for lies surrounding the government’s response to Helen, calling the state’s affected section “not a political football. “This is not an opportunity for election campaigning,” he said.
Criticism of Greene’s conspiracy theories has reached the sports world, with tennis legend Martina Navratilova using her platform to criticize not only Greene but also President Trump’s running mate in the November election. He blamed a certain Mr. J.D. Vance. Vance praised Greene at a rally hours after she posted the conspiracy theory.
“Marge is more stupid than we thought,” Navratilova wrote in X. “And Vance isn’t stupid. He’s just a cowardly sycophant. Which is actually worse?”
Greene was also photographed attending a home football game between the University of Alabama and the University of Georgia on September 28th with Trump, and was accused of promoting conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helen. He has also been criticized for his actions. Herren reportedly left Georgia to attend a game in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, while destroying the communities in the state he was elected to represent.
